‘Stale’ CWOF not grounds to bypass police candidate

Old charge not disqualifying ‘conviction,’ says judge

A continuance without a finding that a man received on criminal charges as a teenager did not justify the Boston Police Department bypassing his application to become a police officer more than a decade later, a judge has found.
Plaintiff Keon Finklea faced a felony charge in 2001 for receiving a stolen tire from a friend. ...